ethnography (research methods)

Question 1

what is ethnography

Answer 1

a qualitative method where researchers observe and or interact with a study’s participants in their real life environment

Question 2

what are strengths of ethnography

Answer 2

get to observe more deeply into the research to gain verstehen ( increases validity )
able to develop verstehen and gather qualitative data
able to build rapport

Question 3

what are limitations of ethnography

Answer 3

hawthorne effect
could be costly and time consuming
going native could occur

Question 4

what is the tea room trade by laud humphrey study

Answer 4

secretly recorded sec acts of gay men in a public bathroom
recorded the number plates
went to their houses after and interviewed the wives

Question 5

what is the black like me by john howard griffin study

Answer 5

took medication to change his skin colour from white to black to experience if it was different
- faced discrimination and become depressed and tried to scrub it off

Question 6

what is endless pressure study by ken pryce

Answer 6

studies black communities in bristol and participant observation and in depth interviews
- went missing whilst studying criminal gangs in jamaica hid body parts as found washed up in a beach in 1987

Question 7

what is club culture by sarah thornton

Answer 7

london clubbing - youth culture
- studied drug uses in clubs